Rocks, a tent, and a felony (or two)
[continuing from the last post] Two days later, the weather turned shockingly cold. I had set out on a walk with Ziva, thankful for the cool gray sky but […]
Tag Archives: ethics
You know where to find me
“If I had some water, I’d give you a drink!” Panting, I looked down at the grizzled man sitting on the corner. A ripped Notre Dame cap sat upon his […]
What Are We Asking For?
A clergy friend and I were talking over coffee recently about how being in this line of work is something of a magnet for human pain. As soon as people […]
Where Have All the Relativists Gone?
For decades now, Christians have warned about the consequences of moral relativism. The notions that all moral ideas are equal or that no one has the right to judge anything anyone else […]
“It’s Elementary, My Dear Watson”
Some time ago, IBM’s newest supercomputer named Watson succeeded in defeating two of the all-time most successful human contestants on the popular TV game show Jeopardy![1] For many, this latest […]
Human Believings
“The robot will never have the ability to believe in something. So perhaps we will have at the end of this revolution a basis for a new human renaissance.” (Klaus […]
Here for Good
Believe it or not, for someone of faith I am something of a cynic. I recoil at a lot of what gets passed as ‘Christian,’ am nervous in large congregations, […]
Was John Stuart Mill Wrong?
Ever heard of John Stuart Mill’s famous Harm Principle? Maybe you don’t recognize Mill’s name, but my guess is that you hear this principle really often. In his treatise On Liberty Mill […]
Pied Beauty
How can we handle imperfection? Imperfection in others, imperfection in ourselves, that unnerving quality which prevents us from calling something fully black or white, beautiful or ugly? Something deep in […]
The Upper Hand of Evil
Is goodness feasible in an evil world? Can we maintain innocence as we seek to enter and influence the tough dynamics of the marketplace, politics and society? Can we sustain […]
Wondering Fair 